diff --git a/lib/vyasa/medium/playback.ex b/lib/vyasa/medium/playback.ex
index 3dae1de1..5c035f39 100644
--- a/lib/vyasa/medium/playback.ex
+++ b/lib/vyasa/medium/playback.ex
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ defmodule Vyasa.Medium.Playback do
       played_at: nil,
       # timestamps
       paused_at: nil,
-      # seconds TODO: convert to ms to standardise w HTML players?
       elapsed: 0
     }
   end
diff --git a/lib/vyasa_web/components/audio_player.ex b/lib/vyasa_web/components/audio_player.ex
index 79166cd1..50985cd4 100644
--- a/lib/vyasa_web/components/audio_player.ex
+++ b/lib/vyasa_web/components/audio_player.ex
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ defmodule VyasaWeb.AudioPlayer do
 
   @impl true
   def render(assigns) do
-    # TODO: remove the reliance on the playback prop passed here, it forces a remounting of the node, which is undesirable
     ~H"""
     <div id="audio-player" phx-hook="AudioPlayer">
       <audio></audio>
@@ -31,11 +30,6 @@ defmodule VyasaWeb.AudioPlayer do
         } = _assigns,
         socket
       ) do
-    IO.inspect(
-      "TRACE: audio player notified by media bridge -- audio_player.ex with event = #{event}",
-      label: "checkpoint"
-    )
-
     {:ok,
      socket
      |> assign(playback: playback)}
diff --git a/lib/vyasa_web/live/media_live/media_bridge.ex b/lib/vyasa_web/live/media_live/media_bridge.ex
index 0c22ee10..e258aa0d 100644
--- a/lib/vyasa_web/live/media_live/media_bridge.ex
+++ b/lib/vyasa_web/live/media_live/media_bridge.ex
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ defmodule VyasaWeb.MediaLive.MediaBridge do
          } =
            socket
        ) do
-    # TODO: add case for updating playback on seek
+    # TODO: [refactor] add case for updating playback on seek
     socket
     |> assign(
       playback:
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ defmodule VyasaWeb.MediaLive.MediaBridge do
     %{playback | playing?: false, paused_at: now, elapsed: elapsed}
   end
 
-  # TODO: merge with the other update playback functions
+  # TODO: [refactor] merge with the other update playback functions
   defp update_playback_on_seek(socket, position_ms) do
     %{
       playback: